Category Archives: World

SANAA, Yemen - The U.N. special envoy to Yemen sought to downplay the significance of the failure of peace talks to start, saying on Saturday that he would head back to Yemen and neighbouring Oman ...

BEIRUT - Syrian government and Russian warplanes on Saturday targeted the southern edge of Idlib province in what activists described as the most intense airstrikes in weeks, ratcheting up military pr...

CAIRO - An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 75 people to death, including top leaders of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, for their involvement in a 2013 sit-in protest by Islamists that was broke...

WASHINGTON - Despite dire U.S. warnings and fears of a humanitarian disaster, the Trump administration has little leverage to stop Russia, Iran and Syria pressing ahead with a massive military assault...

LONDON - British police say a family of three had an amazing escape after falling into the path of a London subway train. The British Transport Police force says a mother pushing a child in stroller t...

LONDON - The British government wants to make it easier for couples to divorce, spurred by the case of a woman ordered to stay in what she called a loveless marriage. The Supreme Court ruled in July t...

KATHMANDU, Nepal - A helicopter flying in bad weather crashed in Nepal’s mountains on Saturday, killing five of the seven people on board and leaving another missing, police said. The pilot and ...

BAGHDAD - An attack Saturday on a Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan base in Iraq killed at least 11 people and wounded 50, the separatist group said, with officials immediately blaming Iran for th...

BASRA, Iraq - Iraqi security forces deployed on the streets of Basra on Saturday, a day after protesters in the southern city stormed the Iranian consulate and torched government buildings in violence...

NEW YORK - Nicki Minaj and Cardi B were involved in an altercation Friday night that got physical at a New York Fashion Week party. Video circulating on social media shows Cardi B lunging toward someo...